On Sat, 5 Sep 1998 16:58:40 -0400 Carl Fuller <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>..... I noticed the drones were being put out quite regularly.
>Then I would see them fly back in.....if they could get off the grass.
>I did notice the workers were trying their best to damage the drones
wings.....
>I suspect they have the notion that they do not have enough stores to
keep
>the drones through the winter trying to be rid of them......  Question,
as a hobbiest,
>and not really wanting to see all that turmoil,............
 
Carl:
 
It is that time of year (fall approaching) that all good worker bees feel
compelled to pitch all good drones out to either starve or freeze to
death. They simply will not be needed again until next spring when virgin
queens are flying about looking to mate. It is sad to see males treated
in such a cruel barbarous manner [ oh, oh,  here comes a remark or two
from the opposite sex...duck your heads :-) ]
 
So... the "turmoil" is normal "beehavior" for this time of year on the
east coast of the US.
 
Al
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 should I feed the hive with a top
>feeder or
>bag feeder to see if that settles them down?  Or should I not worry
>about
>it?   I did notice the first hive, was throwing off a "not completely"
>ready
>bee of some sort.  Fully developed, but still very imature.... do I
>have
>another problem in that hive also?  Thanks......
>Carl
>Portsmouth, VA.
>
 
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